FOR Peaceful Schools, AGAINST Bullying Erasmus Project

Project Title

FOR Peaceful Schools, AGAINST Bullying

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

CONTEXT/BACKGROUND
Bullying at school is a worrying phenomenon. According to a report by the World Health Organization, 17% of 11-year-olds admit: they assaulted colleagues at least three times the month before the study. The proportion increases to 23 percent for the age group 14 -16-year-olds. Last UNESCO 2019 survey says that in Europe 25% of the school kids have suffered from bullying in the last year.The consequences include: missing classes, avoiding school activities, dropping out of school, getting down into a serious, long depression… International learning assessments highlight the impact of bullying on learning outcomes clearly show that bullying reduces students’ achievement in key subjects.This has an adverse impact on future education and employment prospects. The worrying situations and effects led us to act and get committed into a 2-year partnership which aims to banish bullying in our schools, for the mental and physical health of our students, for their well being, to give our youngsters the opportunity of being humanitarian, responsible and respectful European citizens in a growing diverse social and cultural fabric.

OBJECTIVES
1) diminish the level of bullying, discrimination and violence at partner schools
2) increase students’ sense of belonging to the school and thus reduce the rate of early school leaving
3) increase awareness on bullying in parents, schools and local communities
4) reinforce students’ understanding and sense of tolerance, equality, empathy and mutual respect towards peers and other cultures
5) enable teaching staff to effectively deal with bullying, conflict among students, discrimination and violence
6) enable students to get to know and gain awareness of foreign cultures
7) enhance communication, interpersonal skills, cooperative learning and peer education
8) help students develop English language and ICT, self-confidence and self-expression skills
9) develop various academic knowledge through inclusive and innovating pedagogical approaches
10) emphasize the civic consciousness of our pupils and link it to their European citizenship

PARTICIPANTS
– The target group will be students between 14 to 18. Directly will join LTTAs 6 students from each school (96 students in total for 4 LTTAs). After returning from international mobilities, they will have an active role in the dissemination of activities and results of those mobilities among their peers. Also, around 2500 students will be indirect participants and these students at partner schools will contribute to local activities at schools.
– 40 teachers in total 5 LTTAs will directly join 4 LTTAs to supervise and guide students during mobility activities and join 1 LTTA as direct beneficiary.Their responsibilities will be to plan, implement, record the specified activities; organize and ensure the implementation of and participation in LTTAs and local meetings they will actively work before, during and after LTTAs. Around 200 teachers at all partner schools will also be indirect participants and help other teachers, participants of international visits and will benefit from the dissemination and products of the Project.
-100 families in total will be involved in the Project and direct stakeholders of it. Because the students will stay with host families of that country, families will take an active role in introducing culture, lifestyle, traditions and meals of that country. Around 350 family members will be indirect participants.
– Local police authorities as well as municipal authorities and the local Medical Center and local social solidarity associations will give their contribution to design prevention and awareness campaigns against bullying at each school.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
NL) C1 PHYSICAL (AND SEXUAL) VIOLENCE, unacceptable attempt to our integrity and Project website
PT) C2 PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT, the silent torture and eTwinning project
FR) C3 CYBERBULLYING, an increasing contemporary threat and final product e-book
RO) C4 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND REFUSE PASSIVITY (political and social answers) and sharing final results on Erasmus Plus Result Platform
TR) C5 TELL YOUR COLLEAGUES AND HELP YOUR STUDENTS (the collective responsibility in fighting school bullying and social resilience) / Facebook and Ins

TANGIBLE RESULTS
– Guide on How to Tackle Bullying, E-books
– Virtual multilingual exposition “FOR Peaceful Schools, AGAINST Bullying”
– Questionnaires at the beginning, middle and end of Project as well as after each LTTA
– eTwinning platform, Facebook page, Website
– Logos, Videos and Pictures/Collages
– Reports on the LTTA and press articles
– Europass mobility
– Certificates of attendance

LONG TERM BENEFITS
Each partner school will create new eTwinning projects on similar topics to our Project with different schools and partners so that we will maintain the sustainability of our Erasmus Project. Dissemination and implementation will continue also after the end of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 145290 Eur

Project Coordinator

Colegiul de Servicii in Turism “Napoca” & Country: RO

Project Partners

• LGT LAMARTINIERE DUCHERE
• FEYZULLAH YILDIRIR ANADOLU LISESI
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Moimenta da Beira – Escola Básica e Secundária de Moimenta da Beira
• SintLucas